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385053

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	DNA: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles have been removed from the national DNA database.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>In 2013-14, 1,384,905 DNA profiles from individuals were deleted from the NDNAD. Of these, 1,352,356 of these were deleted under the provisions of the Protection of Freedoms Act, which governs retention of profiles taken by English and Welsh forces, and was brought into effect in October 2013. 31,690 profiles taken by Scottish forces were deleted under Scottish law. A further 6,837 crime scene profiles were deleted because the crimes had been solved.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2015 13:15:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385055

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	DNA: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful matches there have been between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and those stored on the national DNA database in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>In 2013-14 there were 24,953 matches between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and those stored on the national DNA database.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2015 13:15:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385056

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	DNA: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that all the DNA profiles of current prisoners are added to the DNA database.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>It has been standard practice for the police to take DNA profiles from all persons arrested for a recordable offence for many years. If the person is then convicted, their DNA profile is retained indefinitely. If the police follow standard practice consistently, then prisoners’ DNA profiles are on the database because they were taken on arrest. It would not therefore be cost effective to check all prisoners to confirm their DNA profiles are on the database.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2015 13:15:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385060

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many strict liability offences have been created in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not record how many strict liability offences are created in any given period. However, numbers of such offences are generally low and all new offences, including those attracting strict liability, are only created where there is a clear need to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/07/2015 16:00:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385065

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	DNA: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles on the DNA database were previously removed from that database.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>No record is kept of profiles which have been removed from the national DNA database. It is not therefore possible to ascertain whether the profile has been reloaded.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2015 13:16:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385069

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have a voluntary GPS tag in West Yorkshire in the most recent year for which information is available; and what assessment she has made of the effect on offending levels of wearing such a tag; and what the source of that data is.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>We are aware that a number of police forces use voluntary tagging as part of their local Integrated Offender Management arrangements. These are local arrangements, and information on the numbers who voluntarily agree to wear a tag is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:51:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385082

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate was of the victim surcharge in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on collection rates for victim surcharge and other financial impositions from 2011 onwards can be found in the Criminal Courts Statistics quarterly report which can be found at <a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a></p><p>The data is not available in this format prior to April 2011.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 14:08:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385083

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Squatting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of changes in the prevalence of squatting in commercial premises following the introduction of the criminal provisions contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">We continue to monitor the situation closely.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Data on life sentence prisoners who commit offences of homicide and other serious offences are taken from the NOMS Public Protection Unit Database.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">From 1 May 2013 – 31 April 2015, 12 offenders have been convicted of further offences, having been released on a life licence. The table below provides a breakdown of the offences. These offences are limited to those which fall in scope under the Probation Serious Further Offence (SFO) Review Procedures, and relate to those offences contained in Schedule 15a of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which attract a sentence of 14 years or more.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">01/05/2013- 31/04/2014</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Murder</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Other serious offences</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">01/05/2014- 31/04/2015</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Murder</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Other serious offences</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Public protection is our priority, and offenders serving a life sentence are subject to strict controls for as long as their risk requires them. If they fail to comply with these conditions or their behaviour indicates that it is no longer safe for them or for the public if they remain in the community, they can be immediately returned to prison. All 12 of these offenders were returned to prison when charged with serious further offences.</del></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/07/2015 16:44:17 question first ministerially corrected 01/07/2015 17:03:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 10598 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385089

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the number of cases which are sent by Magistrates to the Crown Court following a not guilty plea where (a) the charge is amended before a plea is taken, (b) the offender changes their plea, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service withdraws the prosecution and (d) the sentencing judge hands down a lower sentence as a result of time spent on remand in the case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of cases sent by magistrates to the Crown Court following a not guilty plea, where the charge is amended before a plea is taken, or where the sentencing judge hands down a lower sentence as a result of the time spent on remand in the case, are not centrally held.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the stage in the proceedings at which defendants in the Crown Court entered a plea of guilty, covering the time period Q1 2010 to Q1 2015, is to be found in Table C6 in the Criminal court statistics: January to March 2015 (<a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Information on cases which are sent by magistrates to the Crown Court following a not guilty plea, where the Crown Prosecution Service withdraws the prosecution, is not currently produced and is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/07/2015 16:57:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385094

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which individual offences were committed by people granted post-conviction bail at a Crown Court who subsequently failed to appear for sentence in the violence against the person category in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>The table below shows the individual offences in the violence against the person category for which the 26 offenders who were given post-conviction bail at the Crown Court for these offences subsequently failed to appear for sentence in England &amp; Wales during 2013.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Offenders granted post-conviction bail at the Crown Court for violence against the person offences who subsequently failed to appear for sentence, by specific offence, England &amp; Wales, 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Offence</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statute</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Offenders granted post-conviction bail who failed to appear for sentence<strong><sup>(1)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Making threats to kill</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wounding etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm etc.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wound / inflict grievous bodily harm without intent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assaults occasioning actual bodily harm</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Common Law and Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breach of Restraining Order</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>False imprisonment</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Common Law</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ 3722.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:03:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies